Corn-house



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CORN HOUSE.

No. 331,755X Patented Dec, 8, 1885..

UNITED STATES PATENT Erica.

JAMES H. BAILEY, OF LEADING CREEK, VEST VIRGINIA.

CORN-HOUSE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331.755, dated December 8, 1885.

Application led September 23, 1885. Serial No. 177,939. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs H. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leading Greek, in the county of Lewis and State of West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Corn-Houses, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in corn-houses, Sie.; and the novelty consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and adaptation of the various parts for service, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and specifically pointed outin the claims.

The invention has for its object to provide a corn-house which shall prevent the entrance oi' mice, dto., to destroy the corn, which shall be capable of drying green corn by affording free circulation of air therein,.or to be used as a smoke-house for drying the corn or meats that may be placed therein, and to provide means for elevating the stairs which lead from the ground thereto.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a corn-house constructed in accordance with my invention, parts thereof being broken away and shown in section. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical central sectional view. Fig. 3 is a transverse or cross section on the line x of Fig. 2.

Like letters of reference denote correspond ing parts in all the figures of the annexed drawings, referring to which- A designates the body of my improved cornhouse, of the ordinary shape or constructioni. e., having vertical walls provided with a donna, and a series of windows, af, for the introduction of corn or other material to be stored therein, a gable-roof, a2, and said body is supported in an elevated position above the ground upon uprights or posts B.

The floor C of the house proper is composed of aseries of parallel strips or slats, c, arranged a short distance apart to provide intermediate spaces, c', for the free entrance and exit of the air, to permit a free circulation thereof through the house, to dry the green corn or other substances placed therein for drying purposes. If desired, a fire may be built beneath the house, and the smoke thereof be permitted to enter to house through the slatted bottom thereof, this provision also affording convenA ient means for drying or preserving meats, &c. The slatted iloor is supported by crossbeams D, secured upon longitudinal beams D', secured to the posts or uprights, and the lon gitudinal beams are braced by struts d, secu red thereto and the uprights in any suitable manner. If desired, lateral braces may be employed, and protecting strips or boards d may be secured to the uprights.

E designates parallel horizontal rods or strips extending transversely across from one brace or strut to the other, and are employed to support nests or provide roosts for the fowls. At one end of the housea stairway, E, is provided, the upper end thereof being piv otall y connected to a strip, j', by any preferable means, and adapted to be closed or drawn upwardly to close the openings in the floor. The stairs are preferably hinged by means of eyes f', through which passes a rod, f2, and to the lower end of the stairs is connected a cord, rope, or chain, g, which passes upwardlyinto the house proper and over apulley, G, mounted on a shaft, g', journaled at its ends in the house, and a frame, h, thence to and over another pnlley, h', and provided with a weight, i, which normally keeps the steps closed upwardly against a strip, j, the under surface of said stairs being provided with a back board, k, to present a smooth exterior face thereto when folded. A metallic plate, b, is secured near or at the upper end ofthe upright posts B, to prevent the rats, die., from climbing up the said uprights.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. An elevated corn-househaving a stairway pivoted at its upper end, a counterweighted cord connected thereto, and pulleys G h', substantially as described.

2. A corn-house having a slatted floor, and supported upon nprights, a pair of stairs hinged at its upper end torthe floor of said house, and a connterweighted cord connected to said stairs and extending over supportingpulleys, substantially as described.

3. A corn-house supported'upon upright's and having an open slatteduiioor, braces or struts d, transverse rods E, bearing in the braces, a pair of stairs hinged to the floor, a cord connected to said stairs and having a In testimony that I claim the foregoing asA my own I have hereto afxed my signature in 1o presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES H. BAILEY.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. GoRATHERs, GEO. WOOFTER. 

